First Aid at Work - Level 3 Training - (3-Day)
Organisational Benefit
This course complies with the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and the Approved Code of Practice L74 guidelines for qualifications of workplace First Aiders.
Who Should Attend?
This is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification, specifically designed for those who are appointed to act as a first aider in their workplace. It is also ideal for people who have a specific responsibility to provide first aid in voluntary and community activities.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the First Aid at Work course candidates will be able to:
- Assess and prioritise a first aid incident
- Deal with an unconscious casualty
- Carry out resuscitation (CPR)
- Control bleeding and manage shock
- Deal with injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Deal with a casualty suffering burns and scalds
- Manage eye injuries
- Deal with casualties overcome by fumes or suffering from poisoning
- Deal with a broad range of common injuries and illnesses until the arrival of medical care
- Maintain first aid records
- Use and maintain first aid kits
- AED (Use of a AED, chain of survival, safety considerations)
Course Content
- Accident and ill health reporting
- First Aid Kits
- Unconscious casualty management
- Heart attack
- Resuscitation/CPR
- Shock
- Choking
- Bleeding
- Burns
- Fractures
- Seizures
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis Shock
- Eye injuries
- Diabetes
- Fainting
- Hypothermia
- Heat exhaustion
- Heat stroke
Duration
3 days (Time: 09:30 to 16:30)
Course Dates and Prices
Please contact leadership@powys.gov.uk
Other information
There are 6 x Practical assessments, 2 x Theory assessments (Multiple Choice Question Papers) and continuous formative assessment conducted throughout the course. Successful completion of this course leads to a regulated Level 3 First Aid at Work qualification which lasts for a period of 3-years. ID will be required.
Booking
Powys County Council employees can book onto this course via iTrent Self Service. For all other applicants, please register your interest using our online form here
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